 The temple and the village were deeply bosomed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water,...  The Ladies' Companion - Page 1241857Full view - About this book
 | Sallust - 1830 - 416 pages
...every hue and odour, interspersed with statues of the most exquisite workmanship, pure streams of water preserved the verdure of the earth, and the temperature of the air; and while, on the one hand, the distant prospect caught the eye, on the other, the close retreat invited... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...is described by Gibbon as " composed of laurels asd cvprös which formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water issuing ironi every hill preserved the verdure of tit earth, and the temperature of the air ; the senses were... | |
 | 1843 - 708 pages
...reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, where a thousand streams of the purest water, running from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air." It was believed that the very air breathed in this grove enervated the strongest mind. It was for this,... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1841 - 1052 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of 10 m., and formed In the roost sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water springing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth ana the temperature of the air ; the... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1843 - 586 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of 10 т., and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water springing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air ; the... | |
 | 1844 - 398 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a cireumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors, and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and love. This luxurious spot, which remained... | |
 | John Kitto - 1845 - 932 pages
...cypresses which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air' (Gibbon, ch. xxiii.). Hence Antioch was called Epidaphnes ( ' turnoxt la 17 M A<fy>x7?, Joseph. Antiq.... | |
 | 1846 - 392 pages
...the Roman Empire. " It was composed of laurels and cypress, which formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams...were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors ; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and love." An account of... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1846 - 1084 pages
...most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the jHir.'-t water springing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth...peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, to luxury and lore. The vigorous youth pursued, tike Apollo, the object of his desire, and the blushing... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 618 pages
...cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams-...were gratified with harmonious sounds and aromatic odors ; and the peaceful grove was consecrated to health and joy, ro luxury and love. The vigorous... | |
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